Table of Contents
EdocWriter User Guide
Version 2.4
03/05/2005

Introduction

.. Purpose of EdocWriter
.. Computer System Requirements and Architecture
.. Installation
....Installing on Additional Workstations
....Setting and Resetting the Workstation Site and Printers

Getting Started

.. Starting the program
.. After You Start The program
.... Example: Create and Print A Simple Patient Instruction
.... Example: Create and Print A Simple Patient Instruction Using the HL7 Interface
.... Example: Create and Print A Simple Patient Instruction with HL7 Interface and overrides enabled
.. The Initial (Main) EdocWriter Menu
.... The Menu Bar
.... Menu Buttons
.... Patient Instructions or Diagnoses List
.... Physician User List
.... Assistant and Additional Care Provider List
.. Customizing the Initial (Main) Menu
.... Display Diagnoses initially instead of the Patient Instructions
.... Display Patient Instructions automatically after a Diagnosis is selected
.... Select a Patient Instruction or Diagnosis by typing in the first characters of the name
.... Select physician assistants to be included on printed documents
.... Allow Many Assistants to be included on discharge instructions
.. Modifying, Deleting, Printing, and Saving a selected item
.... Double Click to edit instructions from the Selected Items List
.... Using the Delete Key to delete instructions from the Selected Items List
.... Right Click to delete, edit, print, or save from the Selected Items List
.... Changing the user physician name
.. Common Modifications
.... Modifying a prior Patient Discharge Instruction
.... Adding a user name to the initial main menu
.... Adding a Referral Care Provider
..Printing Prescriptions and Medicine Instructions
....Description of the prescription dialog window
.... Creating a Prescription
.. Additional output documents and capabilities
.... Printing a Work slip or Doctor's Note
.... Printing a Referral Note or Follow-Up Note
.... Inserting a physicians note into the discharge document
.... Faxing a copy of the discharge document to a referral doctor
.... Including medicine instructions
.. Resetting the Workstation Site or Printers
.. Using the keyboard to navigate around the menu
.... The Enter Key
.... The Tab Key
.... The Up and Down Arrow Keys
.... The Page Up and Page Down Key
.... Keyboard Function Keys

Instruction Packages

.. Packages: Saving and recalling sets of instructions
.... Saving Instructions to create a Package
.... Retrieving saved instructions in a Package

The HL7 EdocWriter Interface Program

.. What is HL7?
.... Starting the HL7 EdocWriter Interface Program
.... Description of Program User Interface
.... Setting up the HL7 EdocWriter Interface Program
.... Hl7 XML Configuration File
.... How to handle multiple sites

EdocWriter Internet Browser

.. Starting and using the browser
.... EdocWriter Web Based Facilities
.... Checking for updates

EdocWriter Auto Fax and Auto EMail

.. Introduction to Email and Auto Fax Facilities
.... Setting up the auto Email function
.... Summary of basic Steps for setting up Auto Fax or Auto Email
.... Setting up the auto fax function
.... Associating fax and email templates with follow-up note templates
.... Including the Discharge Instruction in an Auto Fax or Email
.... Description of Program User Interface
.... EdocWriter Mail Server XML Configuration File

Modify EdocWriter Data Program

.. Starting the program
.. User Access Restrictions
.. Template Creation and Modification
.... Template Creation and Modification Dialog
.... How EdocWriter Text Processing Works
.... Tokens: Inserting patient and doctor information
.... Tokens: Prompting for information from the user
.... Modifying the template of an instruction or form
.... Creating a new template of an instruction or form
.. Care Providers
.... Modifying care provider information
.... Adding a Referral doctor
..Printer Table
....Modifying Printer Table Elements
.. Medicines and Prescriptions
....Creating, modifying or deleting a medicine
....Creating, modifying or deleting a prescription
.. System Settings Button
.... Modifying Configuration Table Parameters
.... List of Configuration Table Parameters
....Modifying Internet Table Elements
.... List of Internet Table Parameters
.. Workstation Communication
.... Workstation Communication Dialog

EdocWriter Chat Program

.. How the Chat Program Works
.... Configuration File

Appendix

.. Template Tokens
.... Tokens that can be placed in any template
.... Follow-Up Note and Email and Fax Tokens
.... Email and Fax Only Tokens
.... Additional Care Provider Template Tokens
.... Prescription Form Tokens
.... Medicine Instruction Tokens
.. Initial Menu Button Specification
.... Setting the system to not allow reseting of printers from the menu options
.. Patient Discharge Instruction Specification
.. Changing the Default Rx, Sig, and Disp Values for Prescriptions
.... The Medicine Type Table
.... Modifying the Medicine Rx Default Table
.... Modifying the Medicine Disp Default Table
.... Modifying Medicine Sig Default Table
.. EdocWriter Interfaces - HL7, XML, HTML, SQL, and ODBC
.... XML Command File - Executing commands remotely
.... SQL - Using the SQL Loader program
.... Changing Databases
.. Installing EdocWriter on a Inter/Intranet
.. XML Interface - Integrating external computer systems and EdocWriter
.... EdocWriter XML Interface
.... EdocWriter HTML Patient Data Files
.... Message of the Day: How to Create and Implement a User Message

Trouble Shooting Errors

..Problems Encountered Installing, Starting, or Updating
....The installation program asks for a serial number
....The installation program asks for the installation directory
....Cannot create or modify ODBC error
....Nothing happens when I start the program
....The program abends with a run time error
....A message is given saying some "dll" is missing.
....The program takes a long time to start
....Every time the program is run it asks for the printers.
....A parsing error message is displayed before the main menu is shown
....A message states the database is corrupt and needs to be repaired.
....The workstation installation program is run every time
..Problems Encountered During Use
....A parsing error message is displayed when a instruction is selected
....HP 5000 - Garbage added to end of document
....HP Laser Printers - Wrong Bin Selected
....A parsing error message is displayed when a existing or pending patient's data is retrieved
..Common Trouble Shooting Approaches
....Correcting XML Parsing Errors
....Reinstallation of ODBC